Rick Santorum says U.S. soldiers take vows of celibacy along with their vows to protect and defend the United States —
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See, if gay soldiers are recognized it gives them a special privilege that other soldiers don’t have. He believes that sex should be kept completely out of the military, meaning (I assume) heterosexual soldiers also live like monks who never even express sexual preference.
Obviously, this vintage recruitment poster was for the Women’s Air Force.
This soldier obviously is expressing solidarity with feminist values.
With the USO in Korea, Miss Monroe was admired for her acting skills.
Obviously, this sort of thing didn’t go on until the sailor was discharged:
And as for last night’s Republican debate, the howls from the mob audience were a nice touch, too.
Update: Here’s another vintage poster —
I assume the young lady is his sister.
“Enlist – but no sex for you!” isn’t exactly a resounding recruiting message for 17-25 year olds.
But, sometimes we need to defer to the experts, and no one knows the militay as well as that grizzled old combat vet Sargeant Santorum.
Keep this up, Little Ricky, and we’ll really have “An Army of One!”
“Rick Santorum says U.S. soldiers take vows of celibacy”
Funny I enlisted (US Army) in 1982, I don’t remember taking any “vows”. I did swear to uphold and defend, but vows of celibacy I don’t think so, though it was a long time ago. Though I sleep well knowing that if I did take a vow of celibacy I certainly did not break it! I wonder did Rick (man on Dog) Santorum serve? I know his folks had goverment jobs (sucking on the goverment tit as they say in teabaggerland).
Silly Maha! Gay people didn’t exist in WWII!
Okay, some of you people with better memories, military service and more knowledge of history, help me out. As far as the military taking part in “social policy”, African-American troops took part in the Civil War, though admittedly without a full measure of support and respect. But, wasn’t the military a bit ahead of the curve on integration and racial issues? Didn’t the the relatively open opportunities for black people in the military make the society in general more open to the civil rights movement? I know a lot of black soldiers said that after WWII ended it was back to the “same old same old” but, if their inclusion was “social policy” it was practical and good for national security, as it the repeal of DADT.
God, I can’t believe I am actually seriously considering a statement by “Little Ricky”. I am rained in today and maybe have a little “cabin fever”.
goatherd,
Prior to Truman integrating the military in 1948, outside of limited circumstances, black soldiers served their duty well behind the lines in support positions like working in kitchens and in supply depots as stevedores.
During WWII there were black officers, but mostly in charge of segregated black troops. There were rare instances of them leading white soldiers, but it was usually because a superior officer had been killed.
Ike, short of combat soldiers, did integrate his forces in his march through France towards Germany in 1944. There was a lot of pushback. But, it worked out well enough so that the Truman was able to integrate all of the forces just a few years later. The Navy also made attempts at integration during WWII.
Remember though, Major League Baseball integrated before the US military. So, while the military was ahead of the national curve, Jackie Robinson was allowed to play baseball at the highest level before he would have been able to lead white men into battle as an officer.
You should keep it to yourself whether you’re heterosexual or homosexual! Now watch me pose for this picture with my wife and 4 kids!
Rick — LOL! Yeah, I think a lot of us are oblivious to how much we advertise our sexuality.
My 21 year experience in the U. S. Navy runs from 1958 thru 1979. I never thought of the Navy as racist, so I have been trying to reconstruct the people with whom I worked.
As an enlisted man, I cannot recall being in a command with a commissioned officer who was not ‘white.’ I knew, worked with and socialized with a few black sailors. Actually, I socialized with all blacks that were in the unit that I was in.
But that was not the point. It was celibacy. And that most certainly did not exist in the Navy I was in. But then again, Santorum is a politician who was too busy making money to defend our country.
WOW!!
I’m sitting here laughing my hiney-butt off.
Santorum obviously is either a deluded idiot or a liar.
I remember the chant my Navy diver brothers used to yell….
“this is my weapon, that is my gun!
one is for fighting, the other’s for fun!”
My VietNam war vet co workers spent a bunch of time in the bars and brothels of the PI’s and other far east bases.
To suggest that those boys in the military between the ages of 18 and 35 are celibate and not horn dog satyrs is absurd.I suppose Bob Hope traveled with Racquel Welch and several other beauties because of their talents and virginity.
It’s looking like this election will boil down to who loves Reagan, God, the military,and Israel most; and who hates abortion,”socialism”, gays, and Obama most.
“My VietNam war vet co workers spent a bunch of time in the bars and brothels of the PI’s and other far east bases”
That’s what everyone in my Battalion did on the weekends, strip clubs and “massage parlors”. Most of them ended up on sick call a few weeks later, too graphic? I decided to forgo that and instead made a tidy sum loan sharking, $20 for $40, $40 for $70, etc. It was a great business, the working gals got paid and so did I.
Ricky is constantly talking about sex. I’d think that makes him almost a normal human being… except for the bizarre things he always says about it.
Oh, and this time he’s revealed he knows absolutely nothing about military service, as well.
OK, OK! Somebody has to say it: Santorum was just spewing the frothy mixture in his response to the soldier’s question.
Ricky’s first intimate sexual experience was with an Electrolux vacuum cleaner.
Ricky still has his google problem.. and all his attempts to eliminate it only compound it.. It’s good to know that his google problem is eating at him…and he can’t shake. Maybe Ricky should crack open his bible and heed Bildad’s advice to Job…”This is God’s way of enriching the souls of his people with graces and comforts”
Obviously, Santorum has never served in the military.
Her also obviously has never heard of the Spartans.
“He” I mean! (sorry, was that some kind of freudian slip?)
Speaking of military service.. Does anybody know why John Boehner got drummed out of the Navy after only a month of service?…I know the military has an unadaptability discharge for guys who might be considered misfits in one way or the other, and can’t handle the challenge of military discipline..I wonder if his uncontrolled crying jags was the reason that he was put out…
Swami,
My understanding re: Suntan Johnny or John of Orange, as some call him, is that he spent seven weeks in the Navy and was discharged because of back problems.
Chief …Was it a yellow stripe that ran down his spine?
Don’t forget Korea and the Philippines! Hotbeds of celibacy. Right up there with Bangkok.